Railway-tie.



PATENTE-D AUG. 11, 190e Uw SI E T.T AY WL IMT. DRM M .t M

I' 4 No. 895,413.'

0H YILBD MAB. 13,1968.

DANIEL w. Barns, or HILLsDALn, MICHIGAN. 1l

RAILWAYTTIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

Application vfiled March 13, 1908. Serial No. 420,92?.

To all when; it may concern- Be it known that l, DANIEL 1V. Bari-2s, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hillsdale, in the 'county of llillsdalc and State of \{ichigan, have invented a new and useful Railwzrv-Tie, of which thc following` is a specification.

yThis invention relates to railway ties and to'nieans combined therewith for fastening rails thereto.

The object of the invention is to provide a tie forined preferably of heavy sheet metal, the parts eilig assembled to produce a hollow body suitably reinforced at points where it receives the weight of the rails.

A further object is to provide i'ail engaging devices of novel forni which are secured' `in elevation and lpartly in longitudinal section of a tie ernbo ving the present improve- Inents, portions of thc tie being removed. Fig. 2 is a section on line A-B, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one set of rail fasteners.

Referring to the hgures by characters of reference, 1 designates the flatbase plate of the tic on which is niounted an inverted lonwithin the top portion of plate 2 near each end, the two pairs of slots being' spaced apart such a distance that the fastening ineans insertible therethrough will hold the rails at a proper distance apart. Moreover,

the slots cf each pair are s aced apart a distance equal to the width o. the base of a rail. Keys are inscrtible into each slot 5 for filling it after the fastening means have been inserted into the. tie.

An inverted substantially U-sliaped brace 7 isdisposed within the tie body near each end thereof, each of these braces being located between the slots 4 and 5 of each pair the distance between said slots. The brace i is held against displicenient within the bdy astening devices. ne

by means of rai of these devices consists of a metal plate .8 having an upstanding retaining flange`9 11 `so as to bear upon andengage the inner base flange of a rail 12. Another plate 13 rests upon .the plate 8 and abuts against flange 9 and this plate has an extension 14 which extends upwardly through the slot 4 and is bent to extend over and engage the 3 and also in tlietop of the tic so that bolts 15 can be inserted therethrough for the iurpose of binding the plates together. P ate 8 extends under Ythe up 'er' or intermediate portion of the brace 7 and) it will be ap arent therefore that the saaie constitutes e cient brace in any direction as is clearly indicated in Fig. 1. l

In assenbling the parts herein described the brace 7 is first positioned within the tie after which plate 8 is inserted through the slot 5 and under the tie top. Plato 13 is then inserted through the slot 4 and the end of .plate 13 is then swung upward against the top of the tie body so that they will assume the positions disclosed in Fig. 1. This movenient of the parts will be permitted in View width. After the two plates 8 and 13 have been secured in position by means of the bolts 15 the key 6 can be forced downward into the slot 5 and removal of tho plates 8 and 13 is thus revented even though the bolts 15 should e withdrawn. By'cxtending the plate 8 under the brace 7 dis lacenient of the brace is prevented. Shoul it be desired to remove the Arail from the tie it does not become necessary to remove the tie. Itis inerely necessary to remove the bolts 15 sothat the fasteners can be detached from the tie whereupon by ,forcing the key 6 upwardly either or both of the fasteners can be of position. Imports-nce is attached to the fact that the fasteners will operate to eiliciently hold 'the rails against spreading even though the bolts 15 should become detached because under these conditions it is impossiand being of practically the saine width as ble for the plates 13 and 8 to be removed means for preventing displacement of the of the, fact that the slot 5 is of'suflicient' withdrawn from the tie and the rail lifted outv PATENT at one end while at its other end an extension 10 is f orined which is designed to extend through the slot 5 and is bent inwardly as at 1o. outer base. flange of rail 12.. Registering bolt holes aroforined in the two plates 8 and fiom the tie unless the key 6 is first forced upwardly. Where the tie is used at curves n short channel iron 16 may be riveted or otherwise secured upon the 5 tie to prevent, the same from creeping gitudinally.

That is claimed is: 1. The combination with a hollow tie body, and rail fastening devices extendingr thereinl0 to and secured therein; of a tio brace wit-hin the tie body and held against, displaeentent by said devices.

2. The combination with a hollow tie bod".v ,having openings in the to thereof; of ruil 15 engaging and fast-eninfr d) through the. openings, t :ose portions of' seid devices within the body lapping and disposed in Contact., and means extending through the lapping portions of the devices and the top 26 A i' the t-ie for binding said devices together. l

3. T he combination with n hollow tie body having openings in the top thereof; of e.l

plate disposed within the body and havin;r a railenvttging extension at, oneend projet-.tine

25 through one of the Slots, a plato interposed between the lirst, mentioned plate and tie body end having a rail engaging extension at, one end extending through the other slot, and means extendine' through the plates and 30 the top ofthe t-ie bot f for binding,r said plates to the body.

4. The combination with a hollow ti'c body plate within the tie body and having nrotuining tlange at 3 5 one end, a. ruil engaging extension at. its

having openings therein; of ubottom of the i @vices inset-tibio other end and extending through the other opening, means extending throt *he plates und thel top of the lie for btnth n gether, en( a holdingr key insertihle into one l ot' the opening's. l 5. The from )ina-tion with ai hollow tie body having ol'tenings therein; of lapping plates rail engaging extensions projecting throng the openings in the body, and z: hraee within the body and held against disl'zhteeinenty by the plates. 4

6. 'lhecombination with :i hollow tie body having openings therein; ot la-.ping plates ruil eng-aging extensions proiertii'ig through the openings in the. lio-dy, and a ln'aee seated within the bodl. and extending between one of the plates and the top of the tie, both -,lates cooperating to hold the hrae against. l lute-ral displacement. l 7. The combinati ion with :t hollow tie body having openings therein; of lappino inging devices veeured within the body, und a key insertible into the tie'hody for pre- Venttng :ieeidental nhhdra-.rni of said devices through the openings.

ln testimony that l claim the fora-going as my own, ,i have hereto :tilxed my si nature in the presence. of two witnesses.

ff ther-n tof secured within vthe. body, said plocs havin f Secured within the body, said plates having,r f 

